Distributions and health risks of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in atmospheric aerosols of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 369, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 76-81

  Omar, Nasr Yousef M J ^a   Mon, Tan Chin ^a   Rahman, Noorsaadah A ^a   Abas, M Radzi Bin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Environmental health risk; PAHs; Particulate matter; Toxic equivalency factors

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH RISK; TOXIC EQUIVALENCY FACTORS;

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; HEALTH RISKS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

AIR POLLUTION;

BENZO[A]PYRENE; FLUORANTHENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AEROSOL; AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLE; HAZE; HEALTH RISK; PAH; SMOKE; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AEROSOL; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXHAUST GAS; HEALTH HAZARD; OBSERVATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; CITIES; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

ASIA; EURASIA; KUALA LUMPUR [WEST MALAYSIA]; MALAYSIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 33747877199     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.04.032     Document Type: Article

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